Cavalcade of America: Amerigo Vespucci

The Cavalcade of America, presented by DuPont, Vomerigovis Fucci. Adapted for radio from material suggested by the noted American author, Carl Palmer. With Burgess Meredith, star of Stain Screen and Radio, as Vomerigovis Fucci. Welcome to a new series of the Cavalcade of America, brought to you by DuPont, makers of better things for better living through chemistry.

Our historical advisor is Dr. Frank Monahan, professor of history at Yale University, A writer on American subjects, as well as a noted analyst in the fields of historical research, Dr. Manahan is now ready to tell you about tonight's drama. Dr. Manahan, we begin this new cavalcade series by asking a question. Who first discovered America? Was it Columbus? Was it John

Cappett? Or was it Amerigo Vetsucci? It was certainly named for Amerigo Vetsucci, and that fact ought to have something to do with the answer. One of the first lessons of history is this, that few things are either as simple or as certain as they sometimes seem to be. Historians have spent years in the study of our problem. They have debated it fiercely, even now, some are doubtful.

Of course, if we could go back to the closing years of the 15th century, we could see and hear for ourselves and thus happily settle the mess. Well, perhaps we can. Perhaps we can go backward in time by going forward in space. You know that the sound waves set in motion by each and every noise travel on forever. If we could travel faster than the

speed of sound, we might, somewhere in the remote fringes of time and space, catch up with the very voices of Vespucci and his friend. Since the voice of Vespucci ought to be a good authority on our problem, let us set off on this strange journey into the past.

This question will be answered next week when Walter Houston will be the guest of Cavalcade of America. It's about the pilgrim, a subject familiar to you all. But I wonder if you can answer this.

How did a kidnapping English speak, Captain, contribute to the successful settlement of the pilgrim father in Massachusetts? Thank you. The parking and purchase meridist tonight are cast included the following well-known radio performers. Kingsley Coughton has the boy America, John McIntyre as Paul the philosopher, Carl Swenson as Lorenzo and Stefan Schnabel as Columbus.

Music effect and orchestra as usual were under the direction of John Worries. Next week our guest star will be Walter Houston in the story of a strange friend of Pilgrim. This is Ted Stewart saying good night and best wishes from DuPont.